Here’s one color surprise humans never got to see. From 3 billion years ago to roughly 600 million years ago, the Earth’s ...

How big they are: The smallest plants, known as desmids and picozoa, are single-celled algae that are less than 0.0004 inches ...

Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns ...

The disappearance of sea ice in polar regions due to global warming not only increases the amount of light entering the ocean, but also changes its color. These changes have far-reaching consequences ...

Is color real? Does everyone see the same color green? How many colors can the human eye see? Color helps us to remember objects, influences our purchases and affects our ...

The team found the molecule porphyrin causes the fur of bandicoots, quolls, and possums to glow bright pink under black light. Meanwhile metabolites of tryptophan produce a blue shade. Sometimes the ...

Prolonged exposure to baking at high-temperatures can also impact the intensity and stability of some chromophores [molecules which absorb light at a particular wavelength and reflect color]. Certain ...

Color vision evolved to support survival and social needs. Today, it influences how we think, feel, and navigate the world, ...

Researchers at James Cook University (JCU) have been investigating why some Australian mammals glow under ultraviolet (UV) ...

In the growth tips of the red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis, these microspheres are all of the same size, which allows light of a single, blue color to be reflected. As the gland cells mature ...

Red 40, Yellow 5, and Blue 1 may soon be history. Not because science says they're dangerous, but because the court of public ...